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?bt lambfrg ibrralit is Thursday, January 13, 1910. t< SHORT LOCALS. B J: Brief Items of Interest Throughout the Town and County. P The new year witnessed many busi- s ness changes in Bamberg. t< ^ 211 ~ A A oil J. He peiliUlJ Will UC auucu IU an city taxes unpaid'after January 15th. n If it's field or poultry wire fence ^ you want, go to Hunter's hardware 0 store. Mr. John Slater Jennings is step- V( ping high over the Xmas gift Santa 11 Claus brought to his family?a bounc- ? ing baby girl.?Kingstree Record. " s< Governor Ansel has refused to pardon A. H. Nelson, a negro, who was convicted in this county two years 11 ago of burglary and larceny and giv- 11 D en a sentence of five years. ei Cotton seed have brought unusual- t( ly high prices this season. We un- w derstand that some farmers in this d; section have sold their seed for fifty oents a bushel and upwards. We need a copy of The Bamberg Herald of either August 5th or 12th, 1909. If any of our friends have a copy of either of these issues they w will oblige us greatly by letting us 0] have it. ^ ... 4 The Bamberg Herald has had pre- n< pared the new mortgage forms to si take the place of the old lien on crop, and they are for sale at this office. h We furnish them with your name printed in them at reasonable prices. g( Chief Rhoad is in earnest about giv- d< ing Bamberg a first-class fire depart- hi ment, and if our business men will A show the proper appreciation of such an organization, Bamberg will have ol a department second to none in the w State. F < v * . Mr. M. C. Sandifer has resigned his position of chief of police and Mr. J. H. Swearingen has been elected to the position. Mr. Sandifer was q ft faithful and efficient officer and his ^ friends regret to learn of his resigna- o] tion.?Johnston Monitor. a1 .The Herald office has certainly E been a busy place recently. We are ol always busy for that matter, but the fs rush since the first of January has y< been greater than usual. We have T * * been working day and night in or- s< der to keep from disappointing our >'< , customers. Ii h; \ Mr. H. H. Kearse has decided not to take charge of the Planters Mercantile Co. in this city, but will remain at Olar as manager of the Farmers Mercantile Company there. Mr. Edgar L. Price is in charge, of the Planters Mercantile Co. for the K | 4 'present. d ' w The account of the marriage of jr Mr. F. F. Shores, published in an; other column, will be read with in- ^ terest by Bamberg people, as Mr. Shores lived here for a year or more, being local manager for the Bell Telephone Co. He went from here to Columbia only a few months ago. a] At a meeting of the board of directors of the Planters Mercantile Company, held Monday afternoon, Mr. E. L. Price was elected manager of the business for this year. Mr. W. M. Brabham continues as president. >( This is a good team, and we may expect the business to continue to pros- *1 per. di Never have we seen merchants so anxious to sell goods on credit, or at c] least never have we seen them so ^ anxious to get the new forms of ^ blanks for making advances. Our u t job office has simply been rushed b fearfully furnishing these blanks to ^ the merchants of Bamberg and elsei where. Mr. E. Bart Price, who has been conducting a grocery store here for the past few years, moved to Denmark this week,*-where he will continue the grocery business and also T add dry goods and a line of 5c and a' 10c goods. Bart is a fine young man, C and his many Bamberg friends re- si gret his leaving, but they trust he ii will do well at Denmark. c< Mr. J. E. Felder. who has been 8' manager of the Planters Mercantile B Co. in this city since its organiza- e tion a few years ago, has accepted (1 the position of book-keeper for the A Conrad Ehrhardt Company, at Ehr- C hardt, and he and Mrs. Felder will ? move there this week. Their many friends regret their going, but wish for them much success in their newhome. t] The board of public works has n contracted with Mr. J. M. Jennings t< to bore a three inch well at the water a works plant, which it is thought will A supply all the water necessary for the o present at least. He will commence E work this week, and in a few days b there will be plenty of water and the a water works will be finished, as the v resevoir is about completed. As the R tank holds 75,000 gallons and the reservoir 85,000 gallons, there will g be plenty of water. n V. ^ V It's at Hunter's hardware store. Remember Saturday. January 15th, ; the last day in which to pay your >wn taxes. Pay your town taxes to M. W. rabham before Saturday night, anuary 15th, as that is the last day. Presiding Elder Chas. B. Smith reached at the Methodist church last unday night and held the first quar?rly conference Monday morning. Chief S. A. Hand is putting in a ice crossing across the street at the lethodist church, for which he has ur thanks. The price of cotton has gone down ery much in the past few days, but it >akes no difference to the farmers f Bamberg county, as there is none 1 the hands of the farmers in this jction. At the congregation meeting at re Methodist church last Sunday lorning, Messrs. Jno. H. Cope, W. D. hoad, and H. M. Graham were electi as delegates from Trinity church ) the layman's missionary meeting, hich meets in Columbia next Monay, the 17th, and continues in seeon for three days. The legislative delegation conn-red with the county officials here lis week as to county affairs, and was seen that the county tax levy oud have to be raised on account f voting out the dispensary. The :>unty levy is now 3% mills, and o doubt the levy will be raised to x mills ror next year. Mr. C. D. Felder has disposed of is interest in the Felder-Murphy o. and will seek his fortune in the outh-West somewhere. He has not acided where he will locate yet. but e will possibly go to Birmingham, la. Mr. John Smoak will continue i charge of the Postal Telegraph [See here, and Mr. Phillip Murphy ill continue the business of the elder-Murphy Company. A Surprise Marriage. On Thursday afternoon Miss Etta opeland, a teacher of the Johnston igh school, and Mr. W. M. Lightsey, C Fairfax, were united in marriage t the Lutheran parsonage by Rev. P. . Monroe. The bride is a daughter I Mr. F. E. Copeland, a prosperous inner of Bamberg county, and is a Dung lady of charming personalities, he groom is a son of Sheriff Lightjy, of Hampton county, and is a Dung man of high moral character, nmediately after the ceremony the appy couple left for Fairfax, their iture home.?Johnston Monitor. Knights of Pythias. At a meeting of Bamberg lodge, nights of Pythias, held last Monay evening, the following officers ere elected to serve for the ensuig year: B. W. Miley?Chancellor CornLander. E. H. Henderson?Vice Chancellor. L. B. Fowl^r-r-Prelate. J. F. Kilgus?Master of Work. A. W. Knight?Keeper of Records ad Seal and Master of Finance. H. C. Folk?Master of Exchequer. Jno. F. Folk?Master at Arms. R. F. McMillan?Inner Guard. J. C. Folk, Jr.?Outer Guard. W. M. McCue, Trustee for three *ars. These officers will be installed at le next meeting the fourth Monay evening in this month. B. W. Miley and Jno. F. Folk were ppointed as a committee to puraase a stove for the hall and fuel, he hall was very uncomfortable [onday evening, and it was the nanimous opinion that there should e a stove placed there. The Mains will be asked to pay part of the nrrhase price, as they use the hall 5 well. First Quarterly Conference. The first quarterly conference of rinity Methodist chu ch wa8 held I the office of the Bamberg Banking ompany last Monday morning, Preiding Elder Chas. B. Smith presidlg. The work of the church for the Dining year was mapped out and a atisfactory session was held. H. F. iamberg and F. M. Simmons were lected as stewards to fiill the vaancies caused by the resignations of W. Knight and H. C. Folk. D. J. >elk was elected as trustee in place f H. C. Folk, resigned. Death of L. J. Hartzog. Mr. L. J. Hartzog, of Govan, one of he prominent citizens of that community, died at his home in that Dwn Monday afternoon of this week, fter a short illness of pneumonia. Ir. Hartzog was sixty-three years j Id and leaves a wife and two sons, >r. L. A. and Mr. B. P.. Hartzog. The urial took place Tuesday afternoon t Salem Methodist church, the serices being conducted by his pastor, Lev. E. A. Wilkes. Mr. Hartzog was a good man and a ood citizen, and will be sadly lissed in his community. Baptist Church News and Notices. DIRECTORY. Preaching service every Sunday morning at 11 o'clock and evening at 7:30 o'clock by the pastor, Rev. O. J. Frier. Sunday-school every Sunday morning at 10 o'clock, C. W. Rentz, superintendent. B. Y. P. U. every Tuesday evening at 7:30 o'clock, David G. Felder, president. Prayer meeting every Thursday evening at 7:30 o'clock. Woman's M. U. meets Wednesday afternoon after each 2nd Sunday. Conference each fourth Sunday after preaching service. Observance of the Lord's Supper the first Sundav in each quarter. NEWS AND NOTICES. The B. Y. P. U. at their meeting last week reelected its former officers for this year: David Felder, president: Ernest Free, vice-president; E. D. Felder, secretary and treasurer, ana .MISS AUUie naruuj, uigauioL. The pastor preached an illustrated sermon Sunday morning from the first temptation of Christ, using the black board, and showing the true attitude of Christians toward the meat and bread problems as fixed by Christ in the victory over the tempter. At night he preached on the ministry of John the Baptist in its vital relation to the Christian ministry and the gospel of the Kingdom Of God. The W. M. U. meets this week in its first meeting of the year. It is desired that a full attendance may be had. The Sun-beam Band, also, holds its first meeting in the new year, Friday afternoon. Election of officers will be an important feature of these meetings. Honor Roll Bamberg Graded School. Honor roll of Bamberg gradedhigh school for the month ending December 24th. FIRST GRADE. Adelle Brabham, Ida Brabham, Helen Free, Vivian Free, Nataiie Hooton, Ruby Kinard, Sallie Tyler, Thurman Herndon, Wilkes Knight, Harold Rico, and Wesley Stokes. SECOND GRADE. Hazel Armstrong, Meta Bessinger, Mary Ann Bronson, Nannie Faust, Lucile Folk, Rebecca Graham, Aegina Knight, Wilhelmina McMillan, Kathleen Rentz, Laura Wilkerson, Charlie Moye, and Jefferson Riley. THIRD GRADE. Thelma Bruce, Lee Delle Bessinger, Evelyn Brabham, Annie Lee Creech, Rebecca Dickinson, Mary Lee Grimes, Alice Griffith, Rena Herndon, Mildred Jones, Gene Price, Blanche Spann, Eva Mae Spann, Tom Felder, Roy Free, Eldon Kirkland, Lovelace Quattlebaum, Marion Rhoad, Benjamin Rentz. FOURTH GRADE. Margaret Easterling, Jerome Free, Gussie Hutto, pajris Zeigler, Vil-gie Folk, Von Etta Rentz, Lucile Hunter, and Corine Fowler. FIFTH GRADE. Josephine Free, Carey Graham, Inez Hightower, Lola Hightower, Paul Matheney, Francis Rice, Inez Sandifer, Ralph Simmons, Nelson Wright, and Pinckney Smoak. 8IXTH GRADE. Arrie Free, Reba Free, Winchester Graham, Francis Bamberg. SEVEN fH GRACE. Edith Rice. EIGHTH GRADE Bennie Black, Marion Simmons. ELEVENTH GRADE. Julien Easterling, Dorothy Adams, Pearle Rice, Nettie Sandifer, Llewellyn Zeigler. The following pupils made 90 per cent, and above on every subject except one, and they are entitled to honorable mentiop: Evelyn Free, Helen Easterling, Mozelle Copeland, Roy Cooner. Bell to be Purchased. At the conclusion of the services at the Methodist church last Sunday morning, Rev. T. G. Herbert called a congregational meeting to take up the matter of purchasing a bell for the church. There has never been a bell placed in the tower of the new church, and many of the congregation have never become accustomed to doing without a bell. When Mr. Herbert mentioned the matter it was seen at once that it was a popular one, and on motion the congregation | decided to buy a bell and also to appoint a committee of ladies to take the matter of raising funds in hand. Mr. Herbert has not appointed the committee yet, but will do so this week. In the meantime, members of the congregation are already handing him their contributions for this purpose. x Wants The Herald. In sending her subscription to The Bamberg Herald, a lady writes us as follows: "I can't get along without that good paper, so I am enclosing one dollar for a year's subscription. It is like a letter from home. My father is an old subscriber, and I have been accustomed to reading it every week, but since moving hero have been without it. But will now look forward to its coming this week. Wishing you much success." SHORES BRADDEN. Marriage With Which There is a Little Touch of Romance. F. F. Shores and Miss Dora Brad- 1 den were married last night at 9 o'clock at the home of T. A. Baugh. : 1220 Pendleton street. Rev. R. N. ] Pratt, pastor of the Second Baptist < Church performed the ceremony. The < marriage was a very quiet one, the 1 only attendants being F. E. Ardrey i and Mr. Baugh's family. The mar- ; riage will come as a surprise to the friends of Mr. and Mrs. Shores, as ] the happy event had not been antici- 1 pated just at this time. i The groom is employed by the Bell Telephone Company and is originally from Rockingham, N. C., while ! the bride formerly resided in Danville, Va. The two first met while the former Miss Bradden was employed in the local telephone exchange and the marriage has not inconsiderable amount of romance.? Columbia State, January 7th. < Home Mission Meeting. The January meeting of the Wo- < man's Home Mission society will be i held next Tuesday afternoon at 4 ' o'clock in the ladies' parlor of the Methodist church. Below we publish some letters from the orphanage authorities, which will < interest the various contributors to i thp hrvr nnri phppk cpnt as a Thanks giving offering. Columbia, S. C., Dec. 3rd, 1909. Miss Carrie E. Bamberg, Bamberg, S. C. 1 Dear Miss Carrie: i Your letter to hand with bill of lading for three boxes of dry goods and i three bags of corn sent from the Ladies' Home Missionary Society of 1 Bamberg, S. C. We write to thank you all sincerely for this splendid contribution which you have made in behalf of our work. We beg you to thank all the members of your Society for the help that they have rendered us and tell them that we certainly appreciate their coopera- ! tion. We note what you say about sending a check next week. We are very grateful for your continued interest in our work and trust that you , will be rewarded for same. Sincerely yours, W. B. WHARTON, Superintendent. Columbia, S. C., Dec. 10th. 1909. Miss Carrie E. Bamberg, Bamberg, S. C. I Dear Miss Bamberg: It is with pleasure that we acknowledge the receipt of your letter of some days ago bringing us check for $47.25 for the Epworth Orphanage as a contribution by the Woman's Home Missionary Society of your city. This is a most excellent gift made by the good women of your Society towards the support of the fatherless ones and we shall endeavor to wisely use the funds so kindly placed in our hands. Will you kind- | ly assure the members of your Society of our appreciation. Very sincerely yours, H. Z. NABERS, i Assistant Superintendent. Masonic Election. At a recent meeting of Union lodge, No. 247, at Ehrhardt, the following officers were elected and installed to serve the ensuing year: J. C. Kinard?W. M. __ < W. B. Moore?S. W. J. J. Farrell?J. W. W. L. Warren?Treasurer. C. R. Clayton?Secretary. R. C. Roberts?S. D. F. H. Copeland?J. D. G. 13. Kinard and J. F. Copeland? Stewards. J. C. Bishop?Tiler. Married and Gone. Mrs. A. E. Campbell, nee Miss i Juanita Kinsey, writes us to change the address of her paper from Will- i iams to Yelvington, Fla. She was married on the 2nd of January to Mr. A. E. Campbell, and has gone to Florida to live. She says: "I al- i ways enjoy reading The Herald, and I trust this will reach you in time for the paper to be sent here next week, as I don't think I can do without it another week." Miss Juanita will be remembered by her many Bamberg friends as the daughter of Dr. C. E. Kinsey, whose family made Bamberg their home for several years. Her many friends in Bamberg wish her much joy and happiness through life. Bank Meeting. The annual meeting of stockholders of the Peoples Bank was held at the office of the bank Tuesday afternoon of. last week. The usual dividend was declared, and the following directors were elected: H. C. Folk, C. B. Free, Jno. F. Folk, Jones A. Williams, W. P. Riley. N. P. Smoak, and J. J. Simmons. After the meeting of stockholders adjourned, the directors held a meeting and re-elected the same officers as follows: H. C. Folk, president; Jones A. Williams, vice-president; W. P. Riley, cashier; N. P. Smoak, assistant cashier. \ New Year's Reception. The social event of the season was the reception given by the Civic League to the ladies of the town at the residence of Mrs. Josephine Beach on last Wednesday afternoon. In spite of bitterly cold weather and lowering clouds, gay crowds were coming and going between the hours of 3.-30 to 5.30 until about seventyBve ladies had called. As the guests arrived they were cordially greeted at the door by Mrs. Willie Free and Mrs. Mike Ayer and then met at the parlor door by Mrs. C. J. S. Brooker. In this room the entire executive committee consisting of Mrs. W. P. Jones, Mrs. G. F. Bamberg, Mrs. Moye Dickinson, Mrs. H. J. Brabham, Jr., Mrs. D. F. Hooton and Mrs. G. P. Harmon, received. After lingering a short while here, the ladies were conducted into the dining room by Mrs. Jno. McCue and Mrs. Geo. F. Hair. Here Mrs. L. u. Kirscn, Mrs. Beach, Mrs. Alma Hays and Mrs. Alice Zeigler cordially received the callers, and, assisted by Miss Lucile Lightsey, served them to hot coffee with whipped cream and sandwiches. In a vineclad bower underneath an alcove in the hall Misses Jessie Huey and Frankie Folk dispensed delicious fruit punch to all. Miss Annie Lou Byrd added much to the enjoyment of the occasion by her instrumental selections on the piano during the afternoon. The house was bright and warm with open fires and the entire lower floor" was beautifully decorated. Green and white was the color scheme in the parlor while the halls and dining room were in red and green. - .j All in all this occasion was a most enjoyaDie one ana long 10 oe remembered by all who attended. Civic League Reception. The Civic League was "at home" to its friends Wednesday afternoon, January 5th, at the residence of Mrs. Beach between the hours of three and six. The principal feature of the reception was its elegant simplicity. The whole lower floor converted into a bower of beauty by the profuse use of graceful bamboo with here and there touches of red in the shape of bells and garlands to suggest the Christmas season was used. Mrs. C. J. S. Brooker Welcomed the guests at the door with her usual gracious manner. In the hall they were received by Mesdames W. E. Free and M. E. A.yer, who presented them to the receiving party in the parlor consisting of Mesdames G-. F. Bamberg, W. P. Jones, H. J. Brabham, Jr., G. M. Dickinson, G. P. Harmon, and D. F. Hooton. After a season of exchange of greetings, and perhaps of feminine ossip, the ladies were invited into the spacious dining room by Mesdames G. F. Hair and J. W. McCue, where Mrs. Beach presided, ably aided by XT ner/1 o m ao Z? M HaVQ TT! Ci TCirSP.h A. A. Zeigler and Miss Lucile Leightsey, and served a dainty repast. All through the afternoon, from a nook in the hall, Misses Huey and Folk dispensed a delicious punch. About a hundred and fifty guests were entertained during the afternoon, which manifested the interest that the women of Bamberg are taking in this cause. The town council is called the '"father of a town," and the Civic League aspires to the position of its "helpmate." It is here to co-operate with every cause that is for the betterment of our home town, and it is the duty of every man and woman who can to join hands with it and help. A town can never be more progressive than its people, and people can only progress through intelligent organization. The decorations were under the direction of Mrs. Jacob Felder and Mrs. Beach, assisted by Miss Huey and Mr. Phillip Murphy, who deserve much credit for the taste displayed. M. -C. McC. Mad Bull Terrier at Cope. Cope, Jan. 6.?Quite an excitement was raised near this place Tuesday when it was learned that a bull terrier owned by James Cleckley was mad and had bitten a number of rttfior anjrc Thp Hne had killed 80V eral cats and chickens, literally tearing them to pieces, and had bitten a number of hogs belonging to Mr. Cleckley during Sunday and Monday. Tuesday morning, as Mr. Cleckley was leaving home, he took the dog in his arms, thinking he was onlyangry and not really mad, and put him into an outhouse where he was killed as soon as it was learned that he had the rabies. The animal, though a fierce bull terrier, was a pet of Mr. Cleckley's 1year-old baby and it was only by chance that Mrs. Cleckley and the baby were away from home at the time or else the little boy might have become the victim of his play fellow's dreadful malady. A Pastor's Salary Raised. The board of stewards of Trinity Methodist church of this city held a meeting at the office of Bamberg * Banking Company last Thursday afternoon for the purpose of making assessments on the members for pastor's and presiding elder's salaries for this year. The lists will be gotten out in a short time, showing how much each member was assessed. * The salary was increased from $1,200 to |1,300 a year. Yeggmen Get Little. Florence, Jan. 10.?The postofflce and express office at Effingham were entered and robbed Sunday night by > yeggmen. The door of the postofflce was broken open with an axe and^lfll was stolen from the cash box and a number of packages broken open. Entrance was effected into the express office by cutting a hole in the door and lifting the latch. Here the robbers secured $1 in pennies, four gallons of wbiskey and a number of ? packages. The express office was robbed four years ago by a negro who was caught,' convicted and sentenced to a term of imprisonment of three years. Planning Boost of Staple. New Orleans, Jan. 8.?It was announced to-day on the New Orleans Cotton Exchange that Frank B. Hayne, for a decade one of the biggest factors in the cotton future market, dal left for New York with W. P. Brown, the bull leader. It is understood that a campaign j for 20-cent cotton will be waged In New Orleans, New York and Liverpool. Several years ago Messrs. Brown and Hayne led the memorable aggressive campaign for the cotton bulls, great fortunes being made by these Southerners. x / ';*3. It is felt that with these experieno- v ' ed campaigners in the field the cottoa > ' situation will soon be greatly chan# ed. ;.S * v That a particularly vigorous mprement is about to be Inaugurated for ' higher quotations by these boll leaders is the talk of the cotton circlet ^ here. v In Memory of Mrs. Anna Ehrhardt. Whereas, it has pleased Almighty; , /God to take out of this world at the ripe age of almost four score year* our dear sister, Mrs. Anna Ehrhardt; * resolved: v 7/ . 1st. That we bow in humble submission to His Holy will. 2nd. That we have lost a faithful member of the church and Woman* Home and Foreign Missionary So- _ ciety of Ehrhardt Lutheran congregation.. > ? 3rd. That while we mourn her loss, we rejoice that she is at reet. ' 4th. That we ever cherish her memory and strive to emulate the faithfulness with v^hich she served x her Master. ' . 5th. That we tender our Chrie tian sympathy to her bereaved family i and commend them to the love of that | God who was her strength in life, her comfort in suffering, her sup- I port in death, her Joy. in Heaven. - 1 6th. That these resolutions be recorded in the record book and a copy be sent to the Lutheran Church Visitor and The Bamberg Herald for publication. H MRS. D. B. GROSECLOSE, > MRS. S. W. COPELAND, MRS. H. C. COPELAND, . Committee. > * Railway Hail Clerks Wanted The Government Pays Railway Mail - -? Clerks 9800 to $1,200, and Other Employees up to $2,500 annually. . Uncle Sam will hold spring examinations throughout the country for Railway Mail Clerks, Custom House Clerks, Stenographers, Bookf keepers, Departmental Clerks and other Government Positions. Thous- ?. ands of appointments will be made. Any man or woman over 18, in City y, or Country can get Instruction and free Information by writing at once . to the Bureau of Instruction, 76 N. 4' Hamlin Building. Rochester, N. Y. {Pressing Club I II This is to notify my paI trons that 1 have moved my J I pressing club to the buildI ing next to Price's ice house, I where I am better prepared to serve them than ever. B Will appreciate all work I given me and guarantee 3 satisfaction. We make a S ?ruH<ia1t.T of cleaning and T ? pressing ladies1 skirts and coat suits, and do the work nicely. Give us a trial. B. F. MAYNARD * 5